China is back at the top of the political agenda. On Monday, the alleged Chinese spy known as “H6” at the heart of this scandal, involving (among others) Prince Andrew, was unveiled as Yang Tengbo.
The 50-year-old Chinese businessman has spent two decades in the UK, but was banned from the country last year on national security grounds. He formed close links with Prince Andrew, heading up the Chinese wing of the Duke’s Pitch@Palace entrepreneurial initiative. As well as being tangled up with the Prince, he also met two prime ministers (David Cameron and Theresa May) and was an influential figure on the diplomatic scene around the time George Osborne was talking about “a golden decade for the UK-China relationship”.
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